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Death Toll From Japan Earthquake Rises to 34
Rescue teams continue searching rubble as officials warn that heat, water outages and aftershocks are complicating relief for more than 267,000 evacuees.
- On Tuesday, July 28, 2026, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture, killing 34 people and injuring 123, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency.
- A suspected gas explosion at the Aeon Mall in Kashima collapsed its second floor, while a smokestack toppled at the Nippon Paper Industries factory in Yatsushiro, accounting for the majority of fatalities.
- Temperatures reached 35 degrees Celsius on Thursday, prompting the Ministry of Environment to issue a heatstroke alert as about 95,000 households faced power and water outages.
- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stated her government is "fully committed to restoring infrastructure," as emergency crews continue rescue operations while about 95,000 households remain without power and water.
- Survivors face enduring recovery challenges, with some estimating repair costs could exceed 10 million yen , echoing the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake that killed more than 260 people.
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Quake survivors in southwestern Japan sleep in cars in sweltering heat as death toll rises to 34
TOKYO (AP) — Thousands of survivors of a powerful earthquake in southwestern Japan spent Friday in crowded shelters or slept in cars as they faced shortages of water, electricity and fuel and punishing summer temperatures that stoked fears of heat
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Rescue operations following the earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, have entered the final phase. A total of 35 people have died, and over 9,000 people are currently displaced. While power restoration is nearing completion, approximately 80,000 households remain without water due to damaged aging water pipes, leading to a severe humanitarian shortage of drinking and domestic water.
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